Cast & creator

Paul Jesson

1946-07-06 (age 80) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, The Crown

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1975–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Lynton Pargeter · 1997

★ 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Hector Bridges · 1997

★ 8.2

The Crown

Sir Geoffrey Howe · 2016

★ 7.4

Vera

Dale Acreman · 2011

★ 7.7

Spooks

Guy Facer · 2002

Across film & television

Filmography (60)

Showing 60 of 60 credits

Series

★ 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Lynton Pargeter

1997

Series

★ 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Hector Bridges

1997

Series

★ 8.2

The Crown

Sir Geoffrey Howe

2016

Series

★ 7.4

Vera

Dale Acreman

2011

Series

★ 7.7

Spooks

Guy Facer

2002

Series

★ 7.6

A Touch of Frost

DS Dorridge

1992

Series

★ 8.1

Endeavour

Professor Ernest Burrowes

2013

Series

★ 7.9

Foyle's War

Godfrey Watson

2002

Series

★ 8.3

Pie in the Sky

Chief Constable Stokes

1994

Series

★ 6.0

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

Movie

★ 8.0

The Tragedy of Richard III

George, Duke of Clarence

1983

Series

★ 7.1

Chewing Gum

Noah

2015

Series

★ 5.7

Carry On Laughing

Messenger

1975

Series

★ 8.2

A Very Peculiar Practice

P.R. Prettiman

1986

Movie

★ 7.3

Marrowbone

Doctor

2017

Series

★ 7.4

Widows

D.I. Alec Fuller

1983

Series

★ 7.4

Widows

D.I. Fuller

1983

Series

★ 7.4

Widows

DS Alec Fuller

1983

Movie

Elsinore

National Theatre Window Banger

2026

Series

★ 4.8

The Trials of Jimmy Rose

Roy Anderson

2015

Series

★ 6.9

The Devil's Whore

Bradshaw

2008

Series

★ 6.0

Clayhanger

Tom Swetnam

1976

Movie

★ 6.6

The Children Act

Humphrey

2018

Series

Working Shakespeare

2003

Movie

★ 6.5

Mr. Turner

William Turner Snr

2014

Movie

★ 7.2

Vera Drake

Magistrate

2004

Series

★ 10.0

The Glass

C.T.

2001

Movie

★ 7.1

All or Nothing

Ron

2002

Movie

Tender Loving Care

Geoff

2026

Series

★ 4.3

Intimate Contact

Trevor Singleton

1987

Movie

★ 5.8

Coriolanus

Tribune Brutus

2011

Series

★ 6.0

The Bible: A History

2010

Movie

★ 7.7

The Sound of Music Live!

Admiral von Schreiber

2015

Movie

★ 6.5

Closer to the Moon

Studio Manager

2014

Movie

★ 7.5

Henry VI Part 2

John Holland / George Plantagenet

1983

Movie

★ 7.0

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Earl of Gloucester

2011

Movie

★ 8.0

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

First Citizen

1984

Movie

★ 6.3

Home Sweet Home

Man in Dressing Gown

1982

Movie

★ 8.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Self (archive footage)

1982

Movie

★ 8.0

Henry VI Part 3

George, Duke of Clarence

1983

Movie

★ 9.5

The Winter's Tale

Clown

1981

Movie

★ 7.7

Henry VI Part 1

Second Messenger to King

1983

Movie

★ 6.0

The Trial of Lord Lucan

Det. Chief Supt. Ranson

1994

Movie

★ 8.0

Love's Labour's Lost

Costard

1985

Movie

★ 7.0

Quartermaine's Terms

Derek Meadle

1987

Movie

The Old Man & The Thief

Robert

2026

Movie

Waiting at the Field Gate

Ron

1975

Movie

National Theatre Live: Travelling Light

Maurice Montgomery

2012

Movie

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

Det Chief Supt Jack Skelton

1992

Movie

★ 8.0

Pity in History

Boys

1985

Movie

★ 7.0

The Muscle Market

John

1981

Movie

RSC Live: Coriolanus

Menenius

2017

Movie

★ 7.0

Acceptable Levels

Major Green

1983

Movie

★ 8.5

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

Brian Boyce

2003

Movie

★ 5.7

Margaret

Kenneth Baker

2009

Movie

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Det Chief Supt Jack Skelton

1993

Movie

Joggers

Edgar

1981

Movie

★ 6.2

Cymbeline

Cloten

1983

Movie

Untitled 13

Movie

Sitting

John

2021